By Seth Winberg, YCT '11 

Shavuot is all about God giving the Torah to the Jewish people (mattan torah). The Talmud includes an opinion that when an individual writes a Torah scroll (sefer torah), it is as if he or she received the Torah at Sinai. In the sources below, you are invited to explore sources that speak about the mitzvah for each individual Jew to write a sefer torah. My hope is that by studying this mitzvah, you will find yourself a little closer to the experience of receiving the Torah.

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